Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

Fassett, Joseph, owned land at the Farms, 1699. He was prob. the same who m. Mary, dau. of William Munroe, and had Joseph, b. 6 Dec. 1701.

2. Joseph, s. of Joseph (1), res. at Lex., and by w. Amittai, had Joseph, b. and d. 8 Jan. 1726-7; Mary, b. 18 Aug. and d. 1 Oct. 1728; Joseph, b. 21 Mar. 1730-31 Amittai,. Feb. 1732-3 m. Simon Newton of Bedford 14 Nov. 1754; Mary, b. 9 May 1736:;John, b. 7 Dec. 1739; Jonathan, b. 15 Mar. 1741-2; Sarah, b. 13 Jan. 1744-5. Joseph the f. d. 1755; his w. Amittai m. John Page of Bedford 15 Jan. 1756, and d. 25 Dec. 1771.

Fean, Hannah, ‘Servant to Nathaniel Sparhawk,’ d. 11 Mar. 1650-11.

Felch, Samuel, a tailor, rem. here from Weston in 1718, having w. Catherine and children, among whom were Catherine, m. Henry 'Prentice 31 Jan. 1728-9; and Jemima, m. Abraham Hasey 17 Jan. 1739-40; he had here, Ruth, b. 30 July 1719, d. 9 July 1722; Samuel, ,b. 21 Sept. 1721; Elizabeth, b. 13 Ap. 1723; Abigail,b. 26 Ap. 1725. Samuel the f. d. 1725, and his w. Catherine m. Joseph Badger 2 June 1731.

2. Samuel, s. of Samuel (1), had Eunice, bap. 16 Sept. 1744, and Samuel, bap. 21 Feb. 1747-8.

Ferguson, Richard (Forginson on Town Rec. and Fergeson on Ch. Rec.), m. Sarah Hurley 31 July 1690, and d. apparently s. p. 25 April 1701; his w. Sarah m. John Laicore 11 Aug. 1701.

2. John, parentage not ascertained, had five children baptized here: Anne, 24 Jan. 1724-57; Mar, 26 Nov. 1727; ,John, 19, July 1730; James, 7 May 1732; David, 29. June 1735.

deliverance, owned the covenant in 1697, and was probably the same who m. William Chamberlain at Watertown 20 Dec. 1698.

Fessenden, John (otherwise written Fesenden, Fessinden, Fessington, Fezington, Fiziden, Fisenden, Fissenden, Fisheriden, Fishington, Phesenden, and Phesington), was here as early as 1638, and res. at the southerly corner of Winthrop and Eliot streets; which estate he sold in 1639, and purchased a house and land on the westerly side of Eliot Street south of Mt. Auburn Street. The family res. here for more than a century. Mr. Fessenden was a glover, Selectman eleven years, from 1656 until his death, and d. 21 Dec. 1666; his w. Jane d. 13 Jan. 1682-3, a. 80. They left no children. Their estate was large, for that period, and descended by will to their ‘cousin Nicholas Fessenden;,’ except a few legacies to others, among which was one of £ 30 to ‘cousin Hannah Sewall,’ prob. sister to Nicholas Fessenden.

2. Nicholas, prob. nephew to, John (1), was a glover, and inherited the homestead. By his w. Margaret, he had Jane, b. 25 Oct. 1674, d. 24 July 1676; Hannah, b. 27 Aug. 1676, d. 4 Sept. 1676; John, b. 4 Oct. 1677; Nicholas, b. 12 Jan. 1680-81; Thomas, b. 4 and d. 28 Jan. 1682-3; Thomas, b. 12 Aug. 1684; Margaret, b. 22 Jan. 1686-7, living unto. 1742; Jane, b. 22 Ap. 1688, m. Samuel Winship 10 Jan. 1711-12; Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1689, m. Joshua Parker 15 June 1712; Ebenezer, b. prob. 1692; William, b. 1694; Joseph, bap. 17 Jan. 1696-7; .Anna, bap. 9 Jan. 1697-8; Benjamin, bap. 15 June 1701, grad. H. C. 1718, ord. at Sandwich, 12 Sept. 1722, and d. 7 Aug. 1746. Nicholas the f. d. 24 Feb. 1718-19, a. 68; his w. Margaret d. 10 Dec. 1717, a. 61.

3. John, s. of Nicholas (2), m. Sarah, dau. of John Squiers, and had John, b. 21 Oct. 1704; Sarah, b. 17 July 1706, m. Thomas Cheney 30 July 1729; Jonathan, bap. 24 July 1709; Jabez, bap. 9 Jan. 1 1714-15, d. 1743; Mary, (named in division of her father's estate), m. Stephen Jennings of Framingham, pub. 9 June 1737. John the f. was of Lexington 1721, and d. prob. 1739; his Inventory is dated 24 Nov. 1739.

4. Nicholas, s. of Nicholas (2), grad. H. C. 1701, m. Sarah, wid. of Stephen Coolidge and dau. of Capt. Josiah Parker, 8 Aug. 1706, and had Elizabeth,